Dr. Fofanov is the inventor of Eureka Genomics' core technology. He is also an Associate Professor of Computer Science, Biology and Biochemistry, Director of the Bioinformatics Lab at University of Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston TX, Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. Health Informatics, School of Health Information Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, and faculty member of the Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX. Yuriy Fofanov received his M.S. in Physics in 1977 and his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1988 from Kuibyshev (Samara) State University, USSR.

Dr. Heather Koshinsky, microbial geneticist, is responsible for the sequencing facilities as well as the testing and development of all scientific applications. She is also a co-founder and CEO of Investigen, a molecular diagnostics company. Prior to founding Investigen, Inc., she supervised microbiological/molecular biological research projects involving yeast and bacterial genetics and food safety at the USDA/University of California, Berkeley, Plant Gene Expression Center and as an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Koshinsky obtained a B.Sc. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Applied Microbiology from University of Saskatchewan, and a Certificate of Business Administration from University of California, Berkeley Extension.

Didier Perez is in charge of the day-to-day management of Eureka Genomics business and finance. Didier Perez was the COO and CFO of Investigen Inc. Prior to that, he served as Managing Partner of Inovation Ventures LLC, and CFO of MagnetPoint. Other experience includes Managing Director at Plantagenet Capital Management, an investment banking firm specialized in turnaround and M&A.

Dr. V. Fofanov is responsible for Eureka Genomics Bioinformatics Center located in Houston, TX. He leads development of computational and statistical tools for the analysis, manipulation and storage of large amounts of genomic data. His research is focused on the applications of Next Generation Sequencing technology to discovery of unknown pathogen, the analysis of the host-pathogen interactions and the detection of genomic variation. Dr. Fofanov received a Ph.D. in Statistics from Rice University.